Policy

Consumers taking control of their personal data has been a central theme of 2018, and not only in the many discussions around the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), writes Chad Wollen, the chief marketing officer of Smartpipe. Although it may seem to many that this topic peaked with the arrival of the new data laws on the 25 May, it is only the beginning.

John Lenns, the vice president of product management at Oracle’s Communications Business Unit, tells George Malim that, as 5G arrives, communications service providers (CSPs) are preparing to bridge the potential revenue gap between traditional services and the new opportunities and use cases enabled by 5G and associated technologies. It’s not just about connectivity anymore.

Among the drones, phones, cars and, yes, spacecraft at this year’s Mobile World Congress, it was easy to think the BSS talk was simply business as usual. However, there were several clear indicators at the show that business as usual is no longer fit for purpose in the digitally transformed telecoms industry of the future, writes George Malim.

What will tomorrow’s digital landscape look like? That question has always been difficult to answer, but even the most devoted future-gazers are struggling to address it today, writes Rafael Laguna, the chief executive and co-founder of Open-Xchange. At the very least, it seems logical to assume that there will be more of everything – more data, IoT devices, smartphones, embedded systems and online users. This will prove even more challenging when it comes to protecting families and children, given the abundant and confusing array of platforms available to them.

Procera Networks, a provider of deep packet inspection (DPI) technology, has announced a record number of contract wins and deployments during the past 12 months. The software provider’s customer base was bolstered by 36 new tier one service provider contracts in 2016 alone. Procera also increased DPI system deployments to more than 50 tier one and tier two operator installations. (more…)

WELCOME TO THE VANILLAPLUS BLACK BOOK 2016

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Ireland’s largest communications service provider (CSP), eir, has deployed Openet’s Policy Manager solution. The activation of Openet’s solution enables the CSP to offer advanced digital service functionality and bundled offers to its customers. This is the first deployment of its kind in the Irish market. (more…)

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